
The Core of an Onion
Peeling the Rarest Common Food—Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes
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Bloomsbury presents The Core of an Onion written and read by Mark Kurlansky.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world’s most beloved culinary staples—featuring recipes from around the world.
As Julia Child once said, “It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.”
Historically, she’s been right—and not just in the kitchen. Flourishing in just about every climate and culture around the world, onions have provided the essential basis not only for sautés, stews, and sauces, but for medicines, metaphors, and folklore. Now they're Kurlansky's most flavorful infatuation yet as he sets out to explore how and why the crop reigns from Italy to India and everywhere in between.
Kurlansky begins with the science and history of the only sulfuric acid–spewing plant, then digs through its twenty varieties and the cultures built around them. Entering the kitchen, Kurlansky celebrates the raw, roasted, creamed, marinated, and pickled. Including a recipe section featuring more than one hundred dishes from around the world, The Core of an Onion shares the secrets to celebrated Parisian chef Alain Senderens’s onion soup eaten to cure late-night drunkenness; Hemingway’s raw onion and peanut butter sandwich; and the Gibson, a debonair gin martini garnished with a pickled onion.
Just as the scent of sautéed onions will lure anyone to the kitchen, The Core of an Onion is sure to draw listeners into their savory stories at first taste.
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From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life. Based on Mark Kurlansky's critically acclaimed best seller Salt: A World History, this handsome picture book explores every aspect of salt: The many ways it's gathered from the Earth and sea; how ancient emperors in China, Egypt, and Rome used it to keep their subjects happy; why salt was key to the Age of Exploration; what salt meant to the American Revolution; and even how the search for salt eventually led to oil.
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- De IreneMBBT en 07-03-17
De: Mark Kurlansky
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Cod
- A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
- De: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrado por: Richard M. Davidson
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Author Mark Kurlansky pleasantly surprised the world with this engaging best-seller that garnered rave reviews from critics and casual readers alike. His subject for this whimsical biography is the codfish, a species remarkable for its influence on humanity. Cod, Kurlansky argues, has driven economic, political, cultural and military thinking for centuries in the lands surrounding the Atlantic Ocean. Nations like England and Germany have waged wars for cod.
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- De Tanya en 08-01-17
De: Mark Kurlansky
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1968
- The Year That Rocked the World
- De: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrado por: Christopher Cazenove
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
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Over the course of one pivotal year, events that shaped American and world history took place: The North Vietnamese launched the Tet offensive. Prague Spring began. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Students protested across the United States and around the world. Robert Kennedy was assassinated. The Democratic National Convention in Chicago was besieged by riots. Apollo 11 launched. And Richard Nixon was elected president of the United States.
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A Chosen Few
- De: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrado por: Brett Barry
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
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Fifty years after it was bombed to rubble, Berlin is once again a city in which Jews gather for the Passover Seder. Paris and Antwerp have recently emerged as important new centers of Jewish culture. Small but proud Jewish communities are revitalizing the ancient centers of Budapest, Prague, and Amsterdam. These brave, determined Jewish men and women have chosen to settle - or remain - in Europe after the devastation of the Holocaust, but they have paid a price.
De: Mark Kurlansky
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- De: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrado por: Merlin Sheldrake
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.
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Mycology for Everyone
- De Cephalopods Revenge en 05-12-20
De: Merlin Sheldrake
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- Discerning Reader
- 03-14-25
Keen research and editing.
Having read (and listened to) many of MK's books, I have thoroughly enjoyed The Core of an Onion. While I am hoping to see these recipes in print (from my local library's district order), I have committed to memory loads of ideas for my kitchen. The historical significance of MK's heartfelt
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- Allison Brandt
- 01-13-24
Fascinating look at one of the best ingredients
I enjoyed this in-depth exploration of the history and gastronomic significance of the humble onion. Kurlansky’s affection for the topic is evident. This is a delightful audiobook.
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- Mrs Rancher
- 08-03-24
Excellent research, hard to listen to
I am a great fan of this author, and of course I am often in favor of an author reading their own work, but Mr Kurlandskys fading voice at his age has caused me to have to hit the repeat button so many times that I have difficulty listening to very many chapters sequentially. I wish the author would have chosen a professional reader with a strong, even voice.
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- John S. Horvatinovich
- 11-04-24
"Peeling Back Layers of Disappointment"
As someone deeply invested in both the culinary and hospitality industries, I was eager to dive into Mark Kurlansky’s “The Core of an Onion.” Because of its subject matter and I wanted to learn more about this essential ingredient. I hoped this book would offer fresh insights and engaging content. Unfortunately, my experience was quite the opposite.
From the outset, the book felt flat. Kurlansky’s exploration of the onion, while seemingly thorough, lacked the dynamic storytelling I had anticipated. The narrative seemed to drag, and I found myself struggling to stay engaged with the material. The potential for rich, flavorful anecdotes about this staple ingredient was there, but it never quite materialized in a way that captivated me.
To make matters worse, I opted for the audio version, hoping it would bring the content to life during my busy schedule. However, the narration was poorly done, further diminishing my overall experience. The monotone delivery and lack of enthusiasm made it difficult to stay focused, and I often found myself tuning out. I would try thumbing through the pages of the printed book to see if the recipes that were recited add a little more intrigue to the pages.
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- rwz
- 12-07-23
The author reading his own work sounds bored with own writing
Did not like much. The books COD and SALT were much better written Listening to recipes being read was ridiculous
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- Chris
- 01-05-24
the narration is HORRENDOUS!
How a voice actor, man! I couldn't finish it. He stumbles over words and you can hear his dentures clicking.
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